All my systems are home built. If you can "salvage" parts from a previous system you can get twice the performance for half the cost. If you're starting from scratch what you say may be true.
John Francis wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 08:15:36AM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Since it's been about 3 years since I bought a new motherboard I'm not >> up to speed on the latest computer tech (and 6 months is about enough >> to get lost these days). >> I'm considering one of the AMD Athlon 64 x2 (dual-core) CPU's, probably >> the 3500+ or 3800+, and would appreciate any recommendations for >> motherboards, etc. >> > > Nowadays I don't think it's worthwhile putting your own system > together unless you want something really out of the mainstream. > Just let HP (or Dell, or ...) build it for you; it comes with > a warranty, and might even be cheaper than the cost of all the > individual components (especially if you want a copy of Windows). > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
